Hosiery filler apparatus



Sept. 11, 1934. P. GUGGENHEIM 1,973,379

HOS IERY FILLER APPARATUS Filed April 1. 1932 fiweniior PAUL GUGGENHEIMPatenteclsept. 11, 1934 UNITED STAKE 1,973,319 V liOfiIEBY FILLERAPPARATUS Paul Guggenheim,Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to 'PhiladelphiaMetal Drying Form Company, Philadelphia, Ia., a corporation of DelawareApplication April 1, 1932, Serial No. 602,443

2 Claims.

tissue paper inserts are less liable'to be damaged or rumpled during thehandling thereof. In addition, the filler constitutes. a substantial andpleasing background insuring a better display 19 of the design of thestocking fabric, this being particularly true where the fabric is ofextremely sheer material or where the design is of a lace effect.

It is among the principal objects of themesent invention to provide adevice or apparatus which facilitates the ready insertionof these tissuepaper fillers within the stockings, the apparatus being so designed asto insure, with minimum effort and handling and with no dan- 2 ger ofinjury to the stockings, the insertion of fillers each extending fromthe ankle zone of a stocking to the top thereof.

A further object of the invention. is the provision of an apparatushaving a magazine for holding a quantitylof the tissue paper inserts,the apparatus being so designed that "when a stocking is slipped overthe magazine it may be readily removed therefrom with one of the insertsreceived within the body of the stocking.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an apparatus ofthe character and for the purpose above mentioned wherein a pack ofinserts may be initially received within the magazine for subsequentremoval therefrom one at a time, each stocking to be filled beingslipped over the magazine containing the pack of inserts.

Still another and important object of the invention is to provide atissue paper magazine of such design that it inherently includes meansfor insuring the proper positioning of the stocking to be filled. Morespecifically, the magazine is open along one longitudinal edge thereof,this opening serving not only to facilitate the insertion of the fillerpack within the magazine but also as a definite guide for the leg seamof the stocking, thus insuring against the possibility of the insertoverlapping the said seam.

Still other objects of the invention, such as those relating tosimplicity of design and operation, the lack of any moving parts, andthe general efficiency of the apparatus, will appear more fullyhereinafter.

The invention consists substantially in the combination, construction,arrangement and relative location of parts, all as will be describedmore fully hereinafter, as shown in the accompanying drawing, and'asfinally pointed out in the appended claims. In the'said accompanyingdrawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention:-

Figure l is a perspective view of the apparatus constructed inaccordance with and embodying the principles. of theinvention; Y j rFigure 2 is a top plan view of the filler magazine showing, in dottedlines, a stocking slipped thereover preparatory to removing the samewith one of the inserts received within. the body thereof; v

Figure 3 is a bottom plan View of the -magazine; and V Figure 4 is across-sectionalview taken the line 4-4 of Figure l. 1 Y r Referring nowmore particularly to the drawing, it will 'be'observed that the fillermagazine, designated generally by "thereference numeral 10,'is mountedupon a suitable base 11 preferably of the form shown wherein the section12 is provided with an inclined surface 13 forming a bed for receivingthe stockings as they are removed from the magazine. It will beunderstood, however, that the base 11 forms no part of the inventionitself and may be entirely-dispensed with, as where the magazine ismounted upon a table or the like.

The magazine is formed of a single sheet of material the surface ofwhich is suitably treated to insure against any rough edges or spotswhich may damage the stocking fabric during the operation of insertingthe filler therewithin. As clearly appears in the drawing, the materialof which the magazine is formed is doubled upon itself to provide anupper panel 14 and a lower panel 15. The panels 14 and 15 are relativelyso arranged as to provide a space or pocket 16 therebetween within whichis received a pack 17 of tissue paper inserts, each of these insertsbeing of a shape substantially that of the leg of the stocking when inflat or pressed condition.

The magazine 10 is supported in horizontal position above the base 11 ortable, if the latter be used, by a pedestal 18 or the like dependingfrom the bottom panel 15, this pedestal being arranged immediatelyadjacent the enlarged end of the magazine.

The rear or closed edge 19 of the magazine 10 is substantially straightfrom end to end thereof, while the front or open edge 20 is of ashapecorresponding to the seamed edge of the stocking when the latter isin fiat or pressed condition. v11

. along The upper panel is rounded and curved upwardly at the enlargedfree edge thereof, as at 21, to facilitate the initial insertion of thepack of inserts within the pocket 16 of the magazine.

For a purpose which will be immediately apparent, the reduced ends ofthe panels 14 and 15 are respectively slotted, as at 22 and 23, theseslots being in registering relation. The lower slot 23 is, however, ofless depth than the upper slot 22. The shaped, longitudinally extending,free edges of the panels 14 and 15 serve as an.

effective means for properly guiding the stocking when the same isslipped over the magazine 10, it being observed. that by maintaining theleg seam of the stocking between said free edges of the panels 14 and 15each filler will be properly positioned within the stocking leg. Thereduced,

that is, slotted end of the magazine 10 extends to a point well withinthe ankle zone or" the stocking when the latter is slipped over themagazine.

It is preferable that the magazine 10 be so formed that the panels 14and 15 thereof exert a slight pressure upon the pack of insertscontained therebetween, thereby maintaining the pack as a whole againstdisplacement and yet permitting the ready removal of the uppermostinsert as desired. The pack of inserts are received within the magazinewith the reduced ends thereof terminating short of .theslotz23 in thebottom panel 15, this slot being thus fully exposed.

In operation, the operator, before slipping a stocking over themagazine, draws the uppermost tissue paper insert longitudinally of themagazine and into such position that the reducedend thereof lies betweenthe slots 22 and 23. The stocking to be filled with the. insert is thenslipped over the magazine 10, the seam .of the stocking leg beingpositioned so that it lies between the free edges of the panels 14 and15, the stocking being drawn over the magazine so as to position thereduced end thereof well within the ankle zone of the stocking. Theoperator then grasps the stocking at the points immediately embracingthe slots 22 and 23 and withdraws it from the magazine, at the same timeremoving therewith that one of the inserts which had been initiallymoved into position between the slots. This operation is continued,until all of the fillers within the magazine have been inserted withinthe stockings after which the magazine is replenished with a new pack ofinserts.

It will be understood, of course, that the invention is not intended tobe, limited to the precise embodiment herein shown inasmuch as variouschanges and modifications may be made without departing from the generalprinciples or real spirit of the invention. Accordingly, the inventionis claimed broadly, as well as specifical- 1y, as indicated by theappended claims.

What is claimed as new and useful is:-

1. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, asubstantially flat member folded to provide a pair of spaced panels forreceiving. therebetween a pack of tissue paper blanks, the folded edgeof said member being substantially straight from end to end thereof, andthe opposite free edges of said panels being shaped to conformapproximately to the seamed edge of a pressed stocking, said panelsbeing respectively provided with slots in the reduced extremitiesthereof, the slot in the upper panel being of a depth suiiicient tooverlie the pack of inserts received between the panels while the slotin thebottom panel is of a depth extending to a point short of the saidpack of inserts.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, asubstantially fiat member folded upon itself to provide a pair of spacedpanels for receiving therebetween a tissue paper insert shaped toconform approximately to the pressed shape of a stocking leg, saidpanels being respectively notched at the ankle ends thereof to provideregistering slots of unequal length through which the corresponding endof the paper insert may be grasped in order to longitudinally withdrawthe same from between said panels, said slots being of suchrelativeleng'ths that the said end of the paper insert, when the latteris properly positioned between said panels, is located intermediate theinner extremities of said slots.

PAUL GUGGENHEIM.

